Hi, DIYers.
This is Michael from Alarm Madrid,
and today I'm going to be talking about how you can self
monitor a Honeywell L3000, that's a Honeywell Lynx Plus
L3000 security system.
And just to show, you we have an example
of an L3000 right here, it's not powered on
and it hasn't been used in a while.
This is an older security system but it
can be used with AlarmNet and Total Connect 2.0
when set up properly, so self monitoring is possible.
Many people encounter the L3000 in various apartment complexes,
sometimes we jokingly refer to it as the apartment security
system.
You might maybe find one in a home
you purchased, like I said, apartment,
a rental home or something.
You can still buy them new, but they're older.
And the touchpad, the numeric touchpad
on the front of the panel, it's not
as inviting as a touch screen system, a wireless touchscreen
system like a Honeywell Lyric or a Lynx Touch.
So you don't see them too often, but if you
do encounter an L3000 Honeywell Lynx Plus
then there are options for it.
So self-monitoring means that the system is not
connected with a central monitoring station,
it won't send signals to a central station.
Instead, the end user has to contact help on their own
when they get a notification via text and/or email.
So the way that this works, it's just like most Honeywell alarm
systems.
The L3000 is connected with AlarmNet,
and when an event occurs on the system, an alarm event,
it will send a signal to AlarmNet
and then AlarmNet forwards the signal to Total Connect 2.0.
And then Total Connect sends the notification
to the end user via text and/or email.
Now, the user will need to set up the Total Connect 2.0
notifications, they need to set up those texting email
notifications, so that way, the alerts are sent out.
We have another video that talks about setting up Total Connect
2.0 notifications, so refer to that if you need
to set up the notifications.
And like I said, self-monitoring,
you're not connected with a central station
so it's up to you to contact help.
So it's really only recommended for users who can reliably
respond to incoming text and/or email and request help quickly.
Time is of the essence when there
is an emergency situation.
So really we only recommend self-monitoring if you
feel comfortable doing this.
Now, you will have to add a communicator to the Honeywell
L3000 to get it to interface with AlarmNet Total Connect
2.0.
And so you have three options for this,
the first two are the most popular ones by far
today because these are the only ones that
are still available new for purchase on our website.
There's the Honeywell LTE-L3A, which
is an AT&T LTE communicator.
And then there's the Honeywell LTE-L3V, which is Verizon LTE.
So to use those, those are cellular communicators,
so you would need a cellular monitoring
plan such as an Alarm Grid gold plan, that's
a great one to use.
Or in your case, you'd be going with the Alarm Grid self gold
plan because this is self-monitoring we're
talking about.
So you would need to install that
and activate that for a monitoring service.
So that's one way that the L3000 can communicate with AlarmNet,
and therefore, Total Connect 2.0, one
of those LTE cellular communicators, the LTE-L3A
or the LTE-L3V.
There's also a discontinued Honeywell L--
I'm sorry, it's discontinued, it's the Honeywell 7847IL.
Honeywell 7847IL, now this is an IP Communicator for the L3000,
it's discontinued.
Again, you would install it and activate it
for monitoring service, and the benefit
to using that one is that you wouldn't have to pay
extra for cellular monitoring.
Of course, cellular monitoring is more reliable,
cellular connectivity rarely goes down
or becomes unavailable.
An internet outage would take your system offline
if you were just relying on the 7847IL.
That communicator, it's an IP Communicator
and it uses hard wired ethernet connectivity.
If you wanted to have it communicate with a router
wirelessly, you could use an ethernet to Wi-Fi bridge,
so that's an option.
But, like I said, that one's discontinued.
If you happen to find a used model somewhere--
we don't see many out there, but if you were to find one,
then that could be used for monitoring service as well,
and you could then set up a self monitoring plan.
So, like I said, you need to get your L3000 set up
with a communicator, so that way it can communicate to AlarmNet.
AlarmNet forwards any incoming notifications
to Total Connect 2.0, and then Total Connect 2.0
alerts you via text and/or email.
And you need to set up those texting email notifications
to get them to be sent out, so refer to that video
for that purpose, to set up the notifications.
And also, just one last thing, there is no automation function
on the L3000, so you can't use smartphone devices,
Z-Wave devices, that's going to be a no go on your L3000,
there's no Z-Wave card available.
So this is just strictly for monitoring service.
Self-monitoring service, it'll be up to you.
So you won't be connected with a central station,
but you can get the text email alerts,
and then you can request help when needed.
So that's how you can do self-monitoring
on a Honeywell L3000, Honeywell Lynx Plus security system.
If you have any questions about the L3000,
self-monitoring plans, or other options for alarm monitoring,
such as central station service, send an email
to support@alarmgrid.com.
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